lee unto thee upon the apprehension of the danger of death,
and that thou bestow that life upon them, and raise them up at the last
day to be partakers of it." This is the commission the Father gave to the
Son, a sweet commission for poor sinners, and the charter of our
salvation. And for this errand he was anointed with the Holy Spirit, and
sent into the world; nay, the commission extends further than grace, even
to eternal glory also. Christ has received commandment of the Father, to
give repentance and remission of sin, both to give faith, and love, and
all other graces, else it were defective. Thus Christ comes instructed to
the world. He lays open his commission in preaching the gospel. He obeys
the first commandment in his own person, by offering up himself upon the
cross a sacrifice for sins, and he is about the fulfilling the next
commandment, that is, the giving life to them that believe: and that he
may accomplish it, having ascended himself unto heaven to intercede for
us, he also sent his ambassadors into the world, to whom he hath committed
the word of reconciliation, and he gives them commission to publish and
proclaim this commandment in his own name. This is his command, that ye
"believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ." And this we do proclaim in
his name, since he has gotten a commandment to give life everlasting to
believers. This, then, is his charge to you, to come and receive it from
him. Come and embrace him, and ye shall have life and all in him. This is
the hardest and heaviest burden he imposes upon you, the weight of your
life and salvation he hath taken upon himself. But O! now come and lay
hold on him, who is thus offered unto you. Know that you are lost and
undone in yourselves, consider the impossibilities you lie under to escape
his wrath. Behold the anger of God hanging over your head, ready to be
revealed in flaming fire, and a tempestuous cloud of eternal misery. Will
ye consider that ye are born heirs of wrath? Your natural inheritance is
in the lake of fire; and whatsoever your endowments by nature, or your
privileges by birth be, nothing shall exeem you from this. Shall not then
this Saviour be welcome to you? For truly faith is but a cordial
salutation and embracement of our blessed Redeemer. The soul brings him
into the house, and makes him welcome, and he is standing ready to come in
to your heart, and to bring in salvation with him.

Now whatever soul hath obeyed this commandm